Security

The user profile that is created for each individual who accesses the self-service web application determines the pages the user can access. Create user profiles in the User Profiles - General page within the User Profile component. Assign a role to each user profile and link roles to permission lists. Each permission list identifies the pages that individuals assigned to a role can access. To modify the access for specific web pages for each role, modify the permission list for the user's role.

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If a permission list is modified, it changes the access for all users who are assigned to roles to which the permission list is linked.

Use the user profile to define to which data the user has access. For example, you can associate the user profile for an employee with a specific employee ID. When employees sign on to the self-service web application, they only receive access to asset management information for the employee that is assigned to that employee ID. As another example, you can associate the user profile for a manager with a specific employee ID. The manager receives access to asset management information for assets to which they are assigned.

See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Security Administration.